Blackburn Ladies Networking Event Meeting 26th Feb 2020

Absolutely all smiles and great times had by all at the Ladies networking meeting in Blackburn at the Oyster and Otter this week! Could actually say I was giddy in the positive atmosphere created by these fabulous women with businesses.

A wide variety of interesting industries in one room. We had;

Carol Pilkington who is a maths tutor who also does DoTerra Essential Oils products and classes with a special offer on Aroma Touch Technique which is like massage with beautiful essentials oils

Claire Green from Curvitude Corsetry creating bespoke corsets for special occasions or evening wear. She designs comfortable, curvy corsets with a really friendly tailored service

Emma Eldershaw treating us with Tropic skincare. Today she gifted us with a beautiful smelling and moisturising body scrub to leave to skin smooth and soft.

Fiona Paton telling us about her health success with Aloe Vera drinking gel helping her recover from hospital and now living the aloe life with tea and other products

Gail Kelly our local bespoke jeweller covering Lancashire and beyond. Bringing your handed down or treasured jewellery that needs to see the light of day again by creating something amazing from something broken. Telling a story behind your jewellery at On a carousel

Helen Boynton very well recommended matrimonial and family lawyer. Helping with divorce, children and starting relationships in a non stereotypical lawyer way!

Jane McDonough who creates gorgeous decorated bottles of all different shapes with such pretty lights and fab designs. She can create to order at Bright Bottles and Jazzy Jars

Julie Uw Ibrahim a lovely lady that is kind enough to save us money on the household bills! Extra benefits are a cash back card and gusto card too!

Karen Nash the diverse photographer providing beautiful shots of landscapes, weddings, commercial head shots, products and well actually anything photography getting great results for clients at Karen Nash Photography

Lesley Walsh one half of the Digital Fixers , a great company helping small businesses with their tech. Covering SEO, blogs, websites, social media. They have courses, 1 2 1 clients, a free group and an iTunes podcast

Nadia Danyal a talented creator of bespoke peg dolls from Artesanìa by Nadia . Hand crafted wooden dolls can be used as centrepieces, cake toppers, household decorations and anything you can imagine.

Nic Knott the other half of Digital Fixers and business owner with Monat luxury hair care products. Treating us to the ultra shampoo with no sulphates at goddesshaircare.com

Shabnum Ahmed the star baker from Blackburn who has a fantastically tasty stall on Blackburn Market called @The Bake Room Honestly so yummy! We all had a taster.

Lisa Wolstencroft our local Insurance Broker who tailors insurance for you as a person not a number. Getting you the best quotes for Home, Travel, Business, Landlord, public liability insurance and much more from JLL Insurance Services Ltd

Emma Whalley qualified inch loss wrap practitioner, Reiki healer and oracle card reader. Giving you relaxing and effective services for you mind, Body and soul at Emma’s Self Care Hub

For the details of future meetings please visit our events page

Lytham Morning networking meeting! 25th Feb 2020

Love it at Spagó in Lytham it’s such a great place to be and the meeting... what can I say! Just such an amazing mix of women in business. Again lots of comments saying they had a great time hearing all the stories about people and learning from each other.

Yesterday morning we had at the meeting:

Elizabeth Louise Smith the Virtual Assistant from Busy Lizzie Personal Assistant providing admin services social media support blogging and have ad hoc admin support since 2014

Helga Whitehead A gorgeous Tropic skincare consultant originally from Bavaria in Germany and now living in lovely Lytham. Helga is a skin enthusiast and in love with these products you can absolutely tell how much positivity she brings to her work and provides excellent range of products

Tracy Hyde A beautiful lady creatively making elegant pearl and semi precious gems jewellery and providing workshops with afternoon tea from Aura Jewellery Design

Katie Threlfall from a fashion background to a signage company for her family Katie brings a gorgeous presence to the products including graphics, banners, shop signs, roller banners, branding walls. With a showroom at Preston docks and many years experience you are in good hands at Palmer Publicity Services

Amanda Warnock is a mortgage advisor who gives a personal service where her customers come back to her time and time again. Amanda Robinson Just Mortgages based in Lytham but not exclusive to Lytham as she has customers far and wide

Jayne Walsh creative lady with an ethos to make unique products for customers to love. Working with her sister, they create art on products like cushions and coasters from @I am not a brand

Kelly Hazlehurst really down-to-earth lady providing dentistry and aesthetic‘s from private treatments, whitening to Botox and natural looking fillers. she has a private dentistry set up in Preston where people travel to experience her services at London Road Dentist

Lorraine Edmondston yoga meditation and Reiki trained the rain provides a spiritual experience with @Awakened Woman also giving classes every Wednesday at Saint Annes tennis club

Anastasia Kasparian and establish business based in Saint Annes Square Its My Party shop providing balloons and anything you need for your party including a decorating service for a stressfree party. Attending with Miranda Lace her right hand woman

Mandy Crossley an accountant for the last 20 years in industry and now working to provide small businesses with accounting solutions including bookkeeping accounts and tax returns Mandy acts like your accounting team advising on expenses and all-round business solutions MC Accounting & Business Solutions

Joanne Hindle amazing woman who comes widely recommended, giving clients at her therapy room a new lease of life with Rapid Results Therapy with Joanne Hindle using a variety of techniques including Rapid Transformational Therapy

Claire Connor based in St Annes Claire is the owner of @The Wax Works providing intimate waxing and beauty treatments and specialising in derma planing

Angela Kathryn Sayers photographer from many years based at Peel business Park in a beautiful photography studio for Tiny Cherubs Photography, Specialist Newborn baby and Child photographer specialising in newborn babies children and animals Also newly to her range is Boudicca by Angela giving stunning boudoir shots

Olivia Carter A business coach helping with confidence for jobs or careers @Olivia Carter Coaching is based in Lytham and can also work on Skype too.

Emma Whalley from Emma’s Self Care Hub based in Preston providing Wraps, Reiki and Angel Card Reading for mind body and soul self care

For info on future events click here

Our Top Contributor Draw Winner! January 2020

Congratulations to Donna Reid! Donna is our winner of the top contributors to the group draw in January. Donna is a wonderful person supporting our ladies in this group and also running her quality party hire product company, Planning a Party in St Annes, Lancashire. And she’s also a singer by night too! Busy woman

and always lovely to have at the networking meetings too.

Also as it’s recommend a business day in the group I thought I’d mention I can recommend Donnas products as I got the MR & MRS letters and gorgeous centrepieces from her for my wedding last year. You can see more here.

Here we are when Donna received her prize for Top Contributor draw. Well done Donna!!!